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on November 11th, 2005

GET THIS!

I am only 14, and I got it down in an hour. It does take a little sleight of
hand, but Oz teaches it perfectly. This trick may seem impossible, but it's not! You can do it!
The only downside to this trick is that if you mess up a little, then the whole trick goes down the
drain, but hey, its the same with any trick.

This is a very well-conceived effect. The psychology employed is excellent. The spectators will be
convinced that they've been seeing a full deck of red cards the whole time, up until the change.

This effect is clearly not for beginners. Not so much because the moves are technically
difficult, but because there's a lot of timing and audience management issues that can only be
handled well with experience.

The main challenges are the initial card selection... it's
very limited. And the final steal and ditch can be extremely intimidating. Like I said, not
technically difficult... anyone can grab some cards and stuff them into their pocket. The issue
here is finding the right moment and using the right body language to make sure it isn't noticed.
This part has to be done well, because the whole point of the effect is that the deck can be
examined at the end. If you're spotted ditching cards, game over.

The change used here is
another one that a lot of people can do, but as Oz points out, a lot do it very poorly. All of this
adds up to an effect that it relatively easy to do, but actually somewhat difficult to do WELL. But
after seeing the demo, I think you'll agree it's very much worth the effort.

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on April 23rd, 2008

This one looks great when you see Oz perform it, but there are 2 things I don't like about it. The
fact that the spectator can only choose a card near the top, and it has a real dirty end. The color
change is really hit-and-miss. Not recommended for beginners.

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on August 19th, 2004

It's a great trick but much more difficult than most other reviewers state. Requires good control
of cards for shuffling and cutting the deck. Great for amateur magicians good with cards but not
for beginners.

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on June 9th, 2004

If you liked Revolver, you'll love this. It's clean, straight-forward, and easy to do. If you're a
beginner, you should buy it just for the great instructions on how to do the color change of the
first card, before the rest of the deck changes color. This was developed by a fellow Penguin, so
if you have any questions, he can answer them. Highly recommended!

but is isn't perfect. This trick does have some flaws but overall it is a really cool colour
changing deck routine. The best part is, is that you can show more than two cards in the deck unlike
a lot of deck changes out there, and you can let the spectator freely choose a card. The ending is a
little fishy and will take some time to get right. The spectators can examine the deck at the end
but just be careful. You don't want them in possession for too long. Aside from that, this is
probably one of the better looking deck switches out there, and on the plus side, it is pretty much
instantly repeatable, although I don't know why you would want to.

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on October 6th, 2004

This trick is awesome!!! I love it. It takes a little practice but its great! I love it it's one of
my favorite tricks once again. Oz does a great job explaining this it's awesome!!!! I performed it
at my local magic shop and they asked me to teach it to them. Great!!!!!

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on October 10th, 2004

I have been practacing and practacing this trick until I finally got it!
I did it for the first
time to a person (not a mirror) and realised just HOW STRONG THIS EFECT IS! Well done Sam Webster. u
da man